Guidelines
Volunteers and staff work tirelessly to help people like you to build libraries in homes, schools, classrooms, and childcare centers throughout the community by offering FREE new and gently used children’s books. We offer free books from the preschool level all the way through 12th grade.
Support for our Book Bank comes from several sources, including individual donors and philanthropic organizations. We primarily serve the city and receive no funding from county agencies.
Please consider hosting a book drive or making a financial contribution, particularly if you are from a county organization.
To assure adherence to our donors’ intentions and to make books available for those most in need, we will ask that you follow a few simple guidelines.
Priority is given to the following categories:
Support for our Book Bank comes from several sources, including individual donors and philanthropic organizations. We primarily serve the city and receive no funding from county agencies.
Please consider hosting a book drive or making a financial contribution, particularly if you are from a county organization.
To assure adherence to our donors’ intentions and to make books available for those most in need, we will ask that you follow a few simple guidelines.
- City Teachers may select up to 100 books for their classroom libraries.
- County teachers may select up to 50 books for their classroom libraries.
- Families may select 5 books per child accompanying a parent.
- Visits are limited to once every 30 days.
- You must put a silver sticker on the outside front cover of each book before you leave the facility.
- There is a 25 book limit for picture books. Please ask staff about options.
- Once you have selected your books please check out with staff and fill out our online form.
- If you change your mind about a book you've picked up, please put it on the "unsorted" shelf and we'll put it back for you.
- Books may not be sold.
- Smile!
Priority is given to the following categories:
- Baltimore City Title One Schools or other city based educational entities serving educationally, or economically disadvantaged children or families.
- Baltimore City families creating home libraries for their children.
- Baltimore City social service agencies serving children and families.
- Baltimore County Title one schools or other county based educational entities serving educationally or economically disadvantaged children and families
- Baltimore County families creating home libraries for their children
- Baltimore County social service agencies serving children and families.
